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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2007 iii Paper 47 2 c Solution by
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For common positive-definite covariance, subtracting the two Gaussian log densities cancels the quadratic term. Equal priors leave the linear discriminant analysis scoreHereThusAssign class two if the expression is negative; a tie has zero probability under either continuous Gaussian law.
To compute the error rather than just specify the boundary, put . Within class one the score has mean , and within class two mean . In both classes its variance is . Hence both conditional error probabilities are , where is the standard normal distribution function. Equal priors give the equal-covariance Gaussian classification errorFor the specified observation, the score is , so assign it to class one.
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